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Ron Johnson: “I've exempted Social Security, Medicare, I've used 2025…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Ron Johnson Sounds Off On 'Unbelievably Wasteful And Abusive' Use Of Taxpayer Money.

Published | Video Starts at 00:35

They've all been prepared the exact same way. I've taken actual total outlays from 1998 under Clinton, 2014 under President Obama, and then 2019 under President Trump. I've exempted Social Security, Medicare, I've used 2025 numbers for those and interest. But all other spending, I've increased the total outlays by population growth and inflation. So these are three options ranging from 5.5 trillion up to 6.5 trillion. It's interesting. (00:35–00:41)

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Asserts that Social Security, Medicare, and interest are exempted from his spending calculations, using 2025 numbers.

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